merry christmas to all!

...and to all a good night.

russian tea cakes

in our family, we always made tons of different kinds of christmas cookies. these were the ones that went fastest and had to be made repeatedly:

russian tea cakes

1 C butter
1/2 C powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/4 C flour
3/4 C pecans or walnuts, finely ground (preferably in one of those lovely nut grinders that attaches to the top of a jar)

stir it together. roll them into balls, smash with a fork so it makes a criss-cross pattern. bake for 8-10 minutes in a 400F oven. roll the baked cookies in powdered sugar.

eat. repeat.